Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth

This thoughtful and inspiring collection of prayers by Walter Brueggemann emerged from his more than forty years of teaching. Full of reflection, faith, and dialogue, they reveal another side to this gifted author.

ISBN	0800634608	Pages	176
ISBN13	9780800634605 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Augsburg Fortress	Weight (grammes)	223
Imprint	Augsburg Fortress	Published in	Minneapolis
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	229
Publication date	04 Mar 2003	Width (mm)	140
Library of Congress	BV245.B677	Spine width (mm)	13
DEWEY	242.8	Academic level	General
DEWEY edition	DC21

	Editor's Foreword
	Preface
1	And then you - Facing God
	And then you	3
	At the dawn	4
	You live at the hinge	5
	Stunned by the morning	6
	We wait for you to ache	7
	You ... and therefore us	8
	A thousand, a million, a trillion tongues	9
	For how you hope	10
	We say "Yes, yes"	11
	You with ears bent close to our lips	12
	The other side of the street	13
	Not at our beck and call	14
	You sweep away what we treasure	15
	No more sinking sand	16
	Before the day is out	18
	Three times holy	19
	The place where you are curbed	20
	Our true home	21
2	A people with many secrets - Truth-telling confession
	A people with many secrets	25
	Like an endless falling	26
	We treasure what you end	27
	Not always for you	28
	You who command	29
	We also live double lives	30
	An answering and refusing	31
	Yours, and not ours	32
	We are takers	33
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